5-Step
Plan to Reopen Your Long Island Business
We
are reopening throughout Long Island!
Phase
2 is Wednesday - Are you ready to open your business?
Reopening
isn’t just going back to work – there are 5 steps that businesses must take to
open their doors if they want to avoid legal troubles.
Each industry has
tailored guidelines from NYS DOH, which represents the minimum requirements for
you to reopen.
Step
2. Formulate a business safety plan.
Each business MUST
develop a written safety plan to prevent the spread of COVID.
The plan must be retained
on the premises of the businesses and made available for inspection by DOH or
your local health and safety authorities (zoning) upon request.
The sample plan provided
by NYS is 7 pages long and includes a daily mandatory health screening
assessment for employees and essential visitors, a requirement to record a log
of all those physically present at the premises, cleaning requirements, and
much more.
Start writing your plan
now in compliance with the law if you plan to reopen.
Step
3. Create logbooks to comply and maintain policies.
You need to create forms
to implement your plan. You need the health screening assessment developed, a logbook
for cleaning, and a logbook for visitors. These can be inspected by DOH and
other authorities so they better exist before you open your doors.
Step
4. Floor markings and PPE.
You are required to
provide your entire team with PPE so it’s time to start ordering supplies
yesterday. Plus, you need to place signage and floor markings throughout your
premises to maintain proper social distancing. So, take out your tape and
measuring stick to get going.
Step
5. Craft your message.
Your team and your
customers need to understand your plan and how it impacts them, or they won’t
follow it. So, you need to create a message, start getting it out there via
email and make it available to everyone at your business. This message must explain
your safety plan and the new policies that you will enforce for the rest of
COVID. Getting buy-in is the key to proper implementation and protecting you
from suit and negative PR.
Here
is a radio clip with our employment lawyer, Mordy Yankovich,
discussing how to comply and protect your business when you are ready to reopen
– have a listen - Real
Estate Investing with Andrew Lieb 6/7/20 - Seg 3: Advice for Phase 2 Business
Owners Reopening.
